Verb transitive

MEANING

To remove anything placed upright, to uproot.

Example of use

• Ni baani bemwine imbalala, MEANING: Who has uprooted the groundnuts?

• Imuna icishipa, MEANING: To remove the foundations?

MEANING 2

To cause to rise.

Example of Use

• Imuna icilonda, MEANING: To reopen a sore.

• Imuna Ifyakale, MEANING: To recall old stories or the past.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: Imunwa.   APPLICATIVE: Imwina.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

Imuna ifya kale, MEANING: To revive or remind of sorrow.

PROVERBS

Akapiso kapya kemuna no tulele.

Literal translation

The extra piece of wood disturbs those which are lying around.

Meaning

A piece of mischief which make people remember all one’s previous misdeeds.

Bemba Meaning

Umulandu nga wamoneka, ulenga bebukishe ne yakale.